BlockTwentymile Bend, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Glades census division. The Survey maps it on the Loxahatchee NW quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Loxahatchee NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Twentymile Bend between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,337 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 1996 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 1994 | Natural | 600 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | SAWGRASS |
| 17 July 2000 | Natural | 1,000 acres | Arthur R. Marshall/Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge | NORTH END |
| 17 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 June 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Twentymile Bend: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gkk, Inc. Palm Beach Aggregates,Inc. | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loxahatchee Groves | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Westlake | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Wellington | 8.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ninemile Bend | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Royal Palm Beach | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| The Acreage | 9.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sixmile Bend | 10.5 miles | 10 | |
| Browns Farm | 11.0 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122591592 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295679. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.